Maharashtra: 1.16 lakh people convicted in 2022, over two lakh acquitted

In Maharashtra over 116 lakh people were convicted by the courts in 2022 and over two lakh persons were acquitted as per the National Crime Records Bureau NCRB data reported the PTIAccording to the news agency the NCRB data said that as many as 116277 persons including 721 women were convicted by the courts in Maharashtra in the year 2022The NCRB which functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs released the report Crime in India 2022 on MondayMeanwhile the courts in Mumbai convicted 24641 persons last year the highest in the state followed by those in Nagpur 5567 and Pune 770 as per the PTIThe convictions were both for the Indian Penal Code IPC offences such as murder rape and kidnaping as well as those defined under special and local laws like the Dowry Prohibition Act Arms Act and Information Technology Act the report saidAt the national level Tamil Nadu saw the maximum number of convictions at 338804 in 2022In Maharashtra 55219 accused were discharged by the courts while 216440 people were acquitted during 2022Among metropolitan cities in the country the courts in Kochi convicted the highest 39563 personsMumbai tops metros in reporting economic offences in 2022 NCRB dataIndias financial capital Mumbai recorded 6960 cases of economic offences in 2022 the highest in any metro city according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau NCRB according to a PTI reportCases of cyber crime also jumped in Mumbai to 4724 last year from 2883 in 2021 showed the data compiled by the NCRB which is part of the Union home ministryHyderabad with 6015 cases of economic offences last year was ranked second followed by Delhi 5007 on the third spot as per the reportAmong the total economic offences registered in Mumbai 1093 were of criminal breach of trust whereas forgery cheating and fraud cases stood at 5855 it saidAs per an analysis of the loss of property in metropolitan cities in 2022 due to criminal breach of trust at least 18 cases were of amounts between Rs 10 crore and Rs 15 crore 7 between Rs 25 crore and Rs 50 crore 6 between Rs 50 crore and Rs 100 crore and one was above Rs 100 croreIn terms of registration of cyber crimes Maharashtra was at the fourth spot with 8249 such cases in 2022 while the list was topped by Telangana which recorded 15297 FIRs under the category of online offences according to the NCRB reportKarnataka with 12556 cyber crime cases last year was at the second spot while Uttar Pradesh 10117 occupied the third position it saidAmong the cases registered under cyber crime head in Maharashtra 581 were of cyber stalking or bullying of women and children section 354D of IPC 2202 of fraud and 275 of fraud with credit debit cards and four were related to online abetment of suicide the report mentionedOf the cases registered under cyber crime head in Maharashtra at least 66 involved personal revenge 38 were of emotional motives like anger 5515 related to fraud 129 of extortion 31 of causing disrepute and 787 of sexual exploitation it saidOut of the total cyber crime cases recorded in the state last year 2530 were committed against women which included 578 offences of cyber stalkingbullying the report addedWhen it came to reporting cyber crimes in metropolitan cities in 2022 Mumbai was at the second spot with 4724 cases registered with police Bengaluru topped the list with 9940 cases of cyber crime while Hyderabad 4436 was on the third spot it saidCases of cyber crime have been increasing in the financial capital in the last three years rising from 2433 in 2020 to 2883 in 2021 and to 4724 in 2022 stated the reportwith PTI inputs